# Most Popular Personal Finance Books by Readers

**Use case:** 

Books on personal finance ranked by how many Open Library readers logged them: title, authors, first publication year, edition count, rating, want-to-read and already-read counts, subjects, ISBNs and cover. For reading-list and recommendation products, bookshops and book bloggers. Replace the subject (e.g. self-help, entrepreneurship) or sort by rating or newest.

## Input

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "personal finance"
  ],
  "mode": "auto",
  "searchField": "subject",
  "limit": 25,
  "offset": 0,
  "sortBy": "readinglog",
  "language": "",
  "ebookOnly": false,
  "includeAvailability": false,
  "includeDescription": false,
  "includeEditions": false,
  "maxEditions": 10,
  "includeAuthorDetails": false,
  "coverSize": "L",
  "maxSubjects": 15,
  "dedupe": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "query": {
    "label": "Query",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "mode": {
    "label": "Lookup type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "authors": {
    "label": "Authors",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "firstPublishYear": {
    "label": "First published",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "editionCount": {
    "label": "Editions",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "isbn13": {
    "label": "ISBN-13",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "rating": {
    "label": "Rating",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "readingLogCount": {
    "label": "On reading logs",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "ebookAccess": {
    "label": "E-book access",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "coverUrl": {
    "label": "Cover URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Open Library URL",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Books Scraper — Titles, Authors, ISBN, Editions (Open Library) Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Most Popular Personal Finance Books by Readers". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/N4WPnccHSPY4PLmQ3) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Most Popular Personal Finance Books by Readers" task

The Books Scraper — Titles, Authors, ISBN, Editions (Open Library) Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like queries, isbns or open library keys, lookup mode, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Most Popular Personal Finance Books by Readers" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as query, lookup type, title, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Most Popular Personal Finance Books by Readers" task via API](https://apify.com/yadroo/openlibrary-books.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Books Scraper — Titles, Authors, ISBN, Editions (Open Library)](https://apify.com/yadroo/openlibrary-books.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/yadroo/openlibrary-books.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/yadroo/openlibrary-books.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).